straits

英 [streɪts]

美 [streɪts]

n.  海峡; (联结两大水域的)水道; (尤指经济拮据引起的)困境，境况窘迫
strait的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 海峡;(连接两大海域的)水道
  You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as astraitorthe straits.
  1. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
     估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。
  2. ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
     直布罗陀海峡
• N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境，窘迫
  If someone isindire or desperatestraits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
  1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
     假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
  2. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
     该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。

英英释义

noun

• a difficult juncture
  1. a pretty pass
  2. matters came to a head yesterday
  Synonym:passhead
• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  Synonym:passstrait

双语例句

• The man was in great straits.
  那人遭遇了大困难。
• China is the common homeland of compatriots on both sides of the straits.
  中国是两岸同胞的中国，是两岸同胞的共同家园。
• These attacks are still a regular occurrence today in the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea.
  这些袭击事件仍然经常发生今天在马六甲海峡和南方的中国海。
• The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.
  船长不愿意在这样恶劣的天气里冒险将船驶过海峡。
• Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
  黑海海峡航行规则和建议；
• Who was this governor of the Straits Settlements?
  谁是海峡殖民地当时的总督？
• As it is, the North is in desperate economic straits.
  实际上，朝鲜正处于令人绝望的经济困境中。
• Foundationalism falls into straits of solving epistemic regress problem which brings about another main theory directly Coherentism.
  基础主义在解决知识回溯问题上陷入了困境，这直接导致了另一种重要的替代理论&一致主义的产生。
• Now that father's lost his job, we're in serious straits.
  父亲失业了，我们现在经济十分拮据。
• You may have heard that a few manufacturers have fallen into dire straits.
  你可能听说过一些厂商已陷入困境。